The Favorite: Real Quiet won the Kentucky Derby as a minor long shot and in the Preakness Stakes was the second choice. In both races, he defeated an up-and-coming colt with a big closing kick, Victory Gallop. The Spoiler: Victory Gallop, after a pair of runner-up efforts, was poised to turn the tables on his rival.
Both hedge funds and private equity funds appeal to high net worth individuals (many require minimum investments of $250,000 or more), traditionally are structured as limited partnerships and involve paying the managing partners basic management fees plus a percentage of profits.
Private equity firms raise funds from institutions and wealthy individuals and then invest that money in buying and selling businesses. After raising a specified amount, a fund will close to new investors; each fund is liquidated, selling all its businesses, within a preset time frame, usually no more than ten years.